Neurofilament subunits can undergo axonal transport without incorporation into triton-insoluble structures

Cell Motility and the Cytoskeleton

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-58

  Jung, Cheolwha ^a   Yabe, Jason ^a   Wang, Feng Song ^a,b   Shea, Thomas B ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Axonal transport; Cytoskeleton; Microinjection; Neurofilaments; Neuronal differentiation

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; AXONAL TRANSPORT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURITES; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; OCTOXYNOL; RETINA; SOLUBILITY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031968643     PISSN: 08861544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0169(1998)40:1<44::AID-CM5>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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